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The Obama Administration has proposed to allow deep water oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean between Virginia and Georgia. Tell Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that East Coast national parks are too important to be put at risk from an oil spill.

President Obama recently designated Pullman and Honouliuli National Monuments as the next sites to be managed by the National Park Service. Send a message to the president thanking him for preserving our American heritage through these sites.

The Park Service proposed budget for next year makes a much-needed investment in our country's most treasured natural and historical places. Urge your members of Congress to support the requested funding increase for national parks in Fiscal Year 2016.

Costs of the Shutdown to National Park Visitors and Communities

Estimated loss of recreation visits and visitor spending to local communities during the October 2013 Federal Government shutdown due to the closure of National Park System Units.

Click on the map above to view total impacts by state

NOTE: The States of Arizona, Colorado, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah donated funds to open some of their park units during the shutdown. The estimations on this page reflect the exclusion of the days during the shutdown that select park units were open.

Sources: NPCA analysis of Cui, Mahoney, Herbowitz, "Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation, 2011", Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies Michigan State University in coordination with the National Park Service at http://www.nature.nps.gov/socialscience/docs/NPSSystemEstimates2011.pdf and Stynes, "Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation and Payroll, 2010," Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies Michigan State University in coordination with the National Park Service at http://mgm2impact.com/

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